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Surprised you had such good luck with DC.Anonymous User wrote:Just went up. I hope I'm doing this all correctly making it anonymously, haha.
13 total
5 NY
6 DC
2 Secondary markets w/ ties
More than I expected, I suppose.
Ropes? I got an email from them.Anonymous User wrote: 1 from firm I unsuccessfully bid on that contacted me (and other people, I assume) via email
Already? Wow that was fast.Anonymous User wrote:Ropes? I got an email from them.Anonymous User wrote: 1 from firm I unsuccessfully bid on that contacted me (and other people, I assume) via email
I ended up with a 41, but missed 10 of my top 20. Weird. I think we got pretty lucky with 14/15. Sounds like that's on the higher end.Anonymous User wrote:14 interviews... aimed at mostly secondary markets (TX, Atl, etc). Got all of my top 9, and a couple outside my top 20 (even got my 31st bid... guess it's not a popular firm). Anybody get more than 15?
I don't even know if I should be happy about these results...
Ya, that's kinda how I figured it would be, but I did the same thing anyway. Funny how fear can do that to you. Anyway, I wanted TX/Atl more than NYC/DC anyway, so I'm starting to feel pretty good about it. Gotta push out resumes and start calling on favors regardless. No room for error ITE.Anonymous User wrote:I ended up with a 41, but missed 10 of my top 20. Weird. I think we got pretty lucky with 14/15. Sounds like that's on the higher end.Anonymous User wrote:14 interviews... aimed at mostly secondary markets (TX, Atl, etc). Got all of my top 9, and a couple outside my top 20 (even got my 31st bid... guess it's not a popular firm). Anybody get more than 15?
I don't even know if I should be happy about these results...
I'm a bit disappointed. I ended up missing a lot of safeties/targets and getting most of the reaches. I'd guess this is because people bid conservatively, so it was easier to get the most selective firms and harder to get the less selective firms. I should've factored that in beforehand.....shit.
For sure. There's some good signs for SA hiring, but I'm taking no chances.Anonymous User wrote:Ya, that's kinda how I figured it would be, but I did the same thing anyway. Funny how fear can do that to you. Anyway, I wanted TX/Atl more than NYC/DC anyway, so I'm starting to feel pretty good about it. Gotta push out resumes and start calling on favors regardless. No room for error ITE.Anonymous User wrote:I ended up with a 41, but missed 10 of my top 20. Weird. I think we got pretty lucky with 14/15. Sounds like that's on the higher end.Anonymous User wrote:14 interviews... aimed at mostly secondary markets (TX, Atl, etc). Got all of my top 9, and a couple outside my top 20 (even got my 31st bid... guess it's not a popular firm). Anybody get more than 15?
I don't even know if I should be happy about these results...
I'm a bit disappointed. I ended up missing a lot of safeties/targets and getting most of the reaches. I'd guess this is because people bid conservatively, so it was easier to get the most selective firms and harder to get the less selective firms. I should've factored that in beforehand.....shit.
Another buddy of mine landed 10 in DC, but he was pretty aggressive with his bids and was happy with the results. Considering 10 was the average last year and most firms either maintained or decreased their interview slots, I would have to agree with you re: self-selection.bwv812 wrote:I think there's probably some serious self-selection occurring in this thread, as in the UVa thread; the median number of interviews should be well below what everyone here has posted.Anonymous User wrote:I ended up with a 41, but missed 10 of my top 20. Weird. I think we got pretty lucky with 14/15. Sounds like that's on the higher end.Anonymous User wrote:14 interviews... aimed at mostly secondary markets (TX, Atl, etc). Got all of my top 9, and a couple outside my top 20 (even got my 31st bid... guess it's not a popular firm). Anybody get more than 15?
I don't even know if I should be happy about these results...
I'm a bit disappointed. I ended up missing a lot of safeties/targets and getting most of the reaches. I'd guess this is because people bid conservatively, so it was easier to get the most selective firms and harder to get the less selective firms. I should've factored that in beforehand.....shit.
The V10 were probably relatively easy to get this year, but I doubt that anyone outside the top 10% has much of a chance at most of them, and the historical GPAs that career services releases are very misleading ITE, especially given the new curve (not much chance of Weil hiring deep into the top 1/3, which is what the GPA data suggests).
What do you mean self selection? As in, people posting here probably better planned out their bids?bwv812 wrote:I think there's probably some serious self-selection occurring in this thread, as in the UVa thread; the median number of interviews should be well below what everyone here has posted.Anonymous User wrote:I ended up with a 41, but missed 10 of my top 20. Weird. I think we got pretty lucky with 14/15. Sounds like that's on the higher end.Anonymous User wrote:14 interviews... aimed at mostly secondary markets (TX, Atl, etc). Got all of my top 9, and a couple outside my top 20 (even got my 31st bid... guess it's not a popular firm). Anybody get more than 15?
I don't even know if I should be happy about these results...
I'm a bit disappointed. I ended up missing a lot of safeties/targets and getting most of the reaches. I'd guess this is because people bid conservatively, so it was easier to get the most selective firms and harder to get the less selective firms. I should've factored that in beforehand.....shit.
.....what about top 15%?The V10 were probably relatively easy to get this year, but I doubt that anyone outside the top 10% has much of a chance at most of them, and the historical GPAs that career services releases are very misleading ITE, especially given the new curve (not much chance of Weil hiring deep into the top 1/3, which is what the GPA data suggests).
Yup. GULC has never placed that well, though TBF some of that might be self selection into government. Can't explain the difference versus peer schools entirely though.bwv812 wrote:Well, that may be some of it, but more that those who got hammered are declining to post here.Anonymous User wrote:What do you mean self selection? As in, people posting here probably better planned out their bids?bwv812 wrote:
I think there's probably some serious self-selection occurring in this thread, as in the UVa thread; the median number of interviews should be well below what everyone here has posted.
I don't know. I'd imagine you have a shot, especially since the top isn't as affected by TE. It's interesting to look at data from the height of the boom. At that time, almost 38% of CLS students were summering in the V10, while less than 10% of GULC students were. Heck, CLS placed a greater percentage of it's students in V10 (37.8%) than GULC did in the V100(34.4%)!Anonymous User wrote:.....what about top 15%?The V10 were probably relatively easy to get this year, but I doubt that anyone outside the top 10% has much of a chance at most of them, and the historical GPAs that career services releases are very misleading ITE, especially given the new curve (not much chance of Weil hiring deep into the top 1/3, which is what the GPA data suggests).
Data from http://lawfirmaddict.blogspot.com/.
If you're section 3, perhaps.Anonymous User wrote: .....what about top 15%?
I wonder how much non-elite firms will increase class sizes from the historic low last year. I know the upper echelon is, but I'm not sure how much safety firms are.Anonymous User wrote:If you're section 3, perhaps.Anonymous User wrote: .....what about top 15%?
13, and some firms got back to me separately for a couple. Got 1 firm beyond my Top 17 and it was in a secondary market. I may have bid too aggressively and don't have more than a couple "safe" firms (V50-100 is what I mean), so hopefully I'll get some others from resumes/cover letters.
Any specifics you can divulge? Class rank? V-range of firms? By e-mail or call? Resume perks that may have weighed in your favor?Anonymous User wrote:Anyone else heard from firms that you didn't get interviews with through Symplicity? I just got two today.
)Top 10% or 15%, no resume perks to speak of, V50-100, via email.Anonymous User wrote:Any specifics you can divulge? Class rank? V-range of firms? By e-mail or call? Resume perks that may have weighed in your favor?Anonymous User wrote:Anyone else heard from firms that you didn't get interviews with through Symplicity? I just got two today.
(anonymous b/c this obviously implies I haven't heard from firms...